Yunnania pygmaeus de Koninck 1844

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Araeonematidae

Alternative combinations: Portlockia pygmaeus, Turbo pygmaeus

Synonyms: Portlockia subpygmaeus d'Orbigny 1850, Turbo subpygmaeus d'Orbigny 1850, Yunnania subpygmaea d'Orbigny 1850, Yunnania subpygmaeus d'Orbigny 1850

Full reference: L. G. de Koninck. 1844. Description des animaux fossiles quie se trouvent dans le terrain carbonifère de Belgique 1-650

Belongs to Yunnania according to J. B. Knight 1941

See also d'Orbigny 1850, de Koninck 1881 and Sabattini and Noirat 1969

Sister taxa: Yunnania decorata, Yunnania inflata, Yunnania kamenkensis, Yunnania meridionalis, Yunnania minor, Yunnania parallela, Yunnania pulchra, Yunnania romanovskyi, Yunnania semicancellata

Type specimens:

  • Yunnania pygmaeus: Its type locality is Tournai, which is in a Hastarian carbonate limestone in the Maurenne Formation of Belgium
  • Yunnania subpygmaeus:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Argentina (4 collections), Belgium (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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